Sweep into the continuing magic, mischief and mysteriousness of the land of Hatred Blooms. In the beginning, you entered in a land of hatred, meeting the residents of Hatred Blooms when it was just simple and gray. You've watched this world and its residents experience life in a land of change right before your very eyes. And now it is time to find yourself...in a land of destruction. Who will become the new leader of Hatred Blooms? What happened to Sam the snake? Who is this new character with a love for blue? Is the harpy Vera still alive? And will this destructive world succeed in separating Tommy and Veronica forever? Dive deeper into the Hatred Blooms series to discover the final fates of your favorite characters. Will the confused identities of man and goblin come to destroy them all? Copyright (c) 2009 Christine Soltis

This parody of the bestselling US publication, TLife's Little Instruction Book', is, in the words of its cover, a collection of T478 boorish, insensitive and socially obnoxious pointers for leading a simple, self-centered life'. Examples are TTake the biggest piece', TAnswer a question with a question', and TMake animal noises in libraries'.

Land Degradation explores the substantial decrease in an area's biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. The second edition of Johnson and Lewis's well-received text thoroughly examines this growing area of study using a global perspective, as well as up-to-date information. The various case studies cover the history of land degradation, look at local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and compare creative destruction with destructive creation.

In 1991 the mosque at Ayodhya in India was demolished by Hindu fundamentalists who claim that it stood on the birthplace of a legendary Hindu hero. During recent conflicts in former Yugoslavia, ethnic groups destroyed mosques and churches to eliminate evidence of long-term settlement by other communities. Over successive centuries, however, a single building in Cordoba functioned as a mosque, a church and a synagogue. The Roman Emperor Diocletian's Palace in Split is occupied today by shops and residential apartments. What circumstances have lead to the survival and reinterpretation of some monuments, but the destruction of others? This work asks whether the idea of world heritage is an essential mechanism for the protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage, or whether it subjugates a diversity of cultural traditions to specifically Western ideas. How far is it acceptable for one group of people to comment upon, or intercede in, the way in which another community treats the remains which it claims as its own? What are the responsibilities of multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations operating in the Developing World? Who actually owns the past: the landowner, indigenous people, the State or humankind?

Media reports describing the destruction of people's homes, for reasons ranging from ethnic persecution to the perceived need for a new airport or highway, are all too familiar. The planned destruction of homes affects millions of people globally; places destroyed range in scale from single dwellings to entire homelands. Domicide tells how and why the powerful destroy homes that happen to be in the way of corporate, political, bureaucratic, and strategic projects. Too frequently, this destruction is justified as being in the public interest.